Feeling like a Block of...

Happy Christmas!

For Jamie Brisick

Anyone who knows me well, understands the influence Raymond Pettibon has had on me over the years. Like most things in my life, I am sure I have Kyle Field to thank for this. All one must do is take a quick stroll through this blog, look at the walls of our house (show posters), our disheveled bookshelves or neatly tucked album covers in my collection for confirmation. So I had a mean streak of envy when I discovered my friend Jamie Wrestling Elephants...

FOR THE LOVE OF RAYMOND PETTIBON
November 7th, 2010

Of all my great achievements (trick-or-treating OJ Simpson’s house; five stitches to the chin after failed Evel Knievel-inspired launch over three Tonka trucks on Huffy BMXer; 7th place Meadow Oaks Summer School Hot Dog Eating Contest; tiles at Marina Dog Bowl; Tae Kwon Do yellow belt; stage dive Dead Kennedys Whiskey; cocaine seizure behind the wheel of powder blue ’66 Karmann Ghia; back-to-back pizza deliveries to John McEnroe and Charlie Sheen in ’86; premature ejaculation with Alexis from Heidi Fleiss’ stable ($800/hr, non-refundable); sushi with Madonna circa Like A Virgin; Mile High Club Pan Am Flt 104 JFK-DeGaulle; stalking, cornering, revelling in for maybe a year then killing perfectly good love, repeatedly; front row The Who reunion tour; on-time alimony payments seven months and counting; et al), this might be the sweetest:



Jamie sent me some reading material on this very subject a while back and I think it's time I dig in over the holidays. Would love to see this in person soon Jamie. Be Well...

A Process of Becoming

You can see pics of Nat & Katsuo's opening here.

POP Holiday!

Outpost don't Surf. But the house on the hill awaits...

My Cup of Mornin' Joe...that's how I Roll

So much goodness coming from this mug it's radiating chromatic scribbles of love from Lennon.

And who would have thought across the sea...

Mind Dreamin'

An Exhibition of Nathaniel Russel & Katsuo Design. Opening this coming Friday, December 10th from 7pm until 10pm at POPgallery. As always, plenty to drink and good people to hang out with. Niki the DJ is back and we'll even have the Mandoline Grill Vietnamese Truck parked conveniently outside the door.

Gone Today, Back Next Week

Alia Penner and Christi Johnson are leaving the POPgallery today after an awesome month. We should have the images from the opening up here soon.

Next Friday, December 10th the amazing Katsuo Design and Nat Russel join us in the POPgallery. In the meantime, check out Nat's Crooked Arm. We'll get the show card circulating soon!

I Flew Away for a Few Days...

Hannah drew this little bird for Lennon, and it's keeping me company in London.

Evolution of a 10 Time Champion

Since...

Rose Bowl Love...always hitting the ball outta the park!

Pencil On Paper Studio...Never Not Working. Literally.

Ryan sent me this tonight as I was, YES, working. So classic. It's by Eric Elms.

Rope Burn / Nautical Knots

I saw this on an ambitious project collapsing a couple weeks ago...there was a link to ebay and I actually won. Thanks a.a.p.c.

The Artist's Museum Happening Envisioned by Doug Aitken

poster art, Raymond Pettibon.

Easy Like Sunday Morning on a Friday Night...Tomorrow 7pm

The Great POPgallery creative carnival presents the Christi Johnson and Alia Penner Greatest Show on Earth. The Champion Male & Female Swimmers, Sensational High Divers, American Log-Rollers & others Exactly as seen while in the performance of their many thrilling feats in the Grand Water Carnival & Aquatic Entertainments. Come tomorrow night at 7pm to the World's Largest, Grandest, Best Amusement Institution.

The POPgallery 3505 Helms Ave. Culver City, Ca 90232

Regardless of the Outcome...

I voted. As an active participant I now get to complain for the next two years. Who's gonna step up and bring a little color back into the canvas...

(Aloha Andy)

Boo...Happy Halloween!

And this is the Last Whole Earth according to the Portola Institute, Inc. In 1971

(Thanks for this incredible gift Michael)

The Earth according to Lennon

Easy Like Sunday Morning

Christi Johnson and Alia Penner opens at POPgallery on November 12th

El Don Shweef and Senior Rock Dancer - El Salvadorian Conquistadors

....................xo.......................

Nothing is Original

"Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to."
-Jim Jarmusch

(Thanks Babe!)

It's been a strange week...Vultures circling above and Snakes in the Grass. Transition is looming...

Renate Müller: Toys + Design
October 12, 2010 - January 4, 2011
(Thanks Serena)

If only for a weekend...

This is what it would be like to live in Austin, Texas...




Took the whole family to Austin this weekend for my cousin's wedding. Third wedding in as many weekends. Good times, incredible weather...a great place! Most of you have known this for a long time. I am just catching up...

Wooden Boxes...

I wish everything I traveled with and stored my stuff in had this sort of vibe. Check out the Hansen Family.

Hangzhou Handicraft

I was in Hangzhou, China last week and the Handicraft (pronounced quickly with a poor Chinese accent) was never open. Or at least I was never there when it was open (4 times)...so the Handicraft I was inspired by was actually the very graphic and colorful hand-sprayed safety stencils on (and around) the building I was working in...

The Weekly Roundup...

trying to steer her straight, from FFFound.

Derek Hynd. Far Field Theory...

Eight Years Strong and on and on...

If you're ever in Temecula...

We were there last weekend for the wedding of Hannah's cousin. The actual ceremony was just outside of this structure tucked back into Temecula Creek...